Design Thinking | The Unfitted Kitchen Co

私たちの物語

The design ideas are innovative but in some ways also traditional.

With the function of each item clearly designated, customers are able to plan their own kitchens. Some of the furniture items can be housed in tight spaces, corners or awkward spots.

私たちの家具デザイン

私たちのデザインは、モジュラーピースと自立型ピースの組み合わせです。私たちのコレクションは世界中の小売店から入手できます.

私たちの家具デザイン

私たちのデザインは、モジュラーピースと自立型ピースの組み合わせです。私たちのコレクションは世界中の小売店から入手できます.

Meet our design team

Meet our talented design team at The Unfitted Kitchen Company! Our passionate professionals bring a wealth of experience and creativity to every project, ensuring that each kitchen is not only functional but also a true reflection of your style. With a keen eye for detail and a commitment to excellence, our team is dedicated to transforming your vision into reality. Let us help you create the perfect space for your culinary adventures!

Designer and Illustrator

Richard Lee

Richard designs and illustrates Johnny Grey’s custom kitchens and has extended his expertise to planning as well as visualising The Unfitted Kitchen range.

Interior Designer

Juliet Carr

Juliet’s design skills are wide ranging. Her capacity for colour, decoration and practical design is exceptional and ideally suited to making Unfitted Kitchens.

Product Designer

Adrian King

Adrian King is excited to offer his unparalleled knowledge of furniture, ergonomics and detailing to create pieces that can be cherished for generations.

Design Principal

Johnny Grey

Johnny Grey for the past 40 years his ideas have influenced the world of design, demonstrating both his practical vision and his skills as observer and thinker.

私たちの家具デザイン

私たちのデザインは、モジュラーピースと自立型ピースの組み合わせです。私たちのコレクションは世界中の小売店から入手できます.

1970

Whilst at the AA School of Architecture, Johnny Grey sets up an antique pine furniture business at Hampshire Cottage barn with brother Rupert Grey, restoring antique pine furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries.

1977

Johnny Grey publishes his manifesto, ‘In Place of Modernism’ – advocating a shift from the impersonal and rigid principles of modernist architecture towards a more human-centred approach to design. Grey criticises modernism for prioritising function and minimalism over emotional warmth, individuality, and sensory richness, arguing for spaces that cater to human well-being, incorporating elements like tactile materials, natural light, and colours that stimulate comfort and joy.

1983-84

The Unfitted concept is coined, beginning with offices and home work places, launching as Home Office Furniture Collection at Guild Living. Unfitted Kitchens is coined and used in an advert in The Times, resulting in Johnny Grey’s first five kitchen projects.

1986-89

Smallbone adopt the core concept and offer 150 pieces. The phrase Unfitted Kitchen is legally registered as a trademark jointly with Smallbone and displays go into major UK showrooms. Smallbone Unfitted goes into USA showrooms and sales reach over £1million per year. Media attention begins to increase with dedicated editorial features in The World of Interiors, The Times and Homes & Gardens. Freestanding pieces are made for Liberties.

2008

Johnny Grey develops the Kitchen Design degree course at Buckinghamshire New Uni with students being taught the core philosophy of the Unfitted Kitchen as a key kitchen design principle.